Fournier's gangrene: An analysis of 80 patients and a novel scoring system

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 217-223

  Yilmazlar, T ^a   Ozturk, E ^a   Ozguc, H ^a   Ercan, I ^a   Vuruskan, H ^a   Oktay, B ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dissemination; Fournier's gangrene; Mortality; Severity index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; FOURNIER GANGRENE SEVERITY INDEX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; ULUDAG FOURNIER GANGRENE SEVERITY INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APACHE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956947462     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-010-0592-1     Document Type: Article

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